so the freeman town musicians never made it into a brinkman at least not in the fairy tale but their statue has stood in front of the city hall since one thousand nine hundred fifty three. freeman is full of stories like that today i'm going to discover them and here's what else we have on the show. the local shows around crystal river in florida including with some manatee. chicken we are anton suv boy takes us on a hike to stun. and will hop over to braemar often on the north sea coasts. the markets where lies in the very center of braitman. this is where stumble upon my next story this statue is called the roland and legend has it that as long as he's here the city will remain free and independent. the statue is a unesco world heritage site just like the historic city hall across the street. that's why i'm going to take a glimpse inside this remarkable building. i don't. know we have a date this is. just in we're now in the upper hall one of the most beautiful ceremonial venues in germany and the town hall itself is the oldest in europe that's still in its original state you know

freeman is full of stories like that today i'm going to discover them and here's what else we have on the show. local shows around crystal river and florida looting with some manatee. second year anton through voight takes us on a hike as big a star. and world. happen on the north sea coasts. the market square lies in the very center of brakemen. this is where stumble upon my next story this statue is called the roland and legend has it that as long as he's here the city will remain free and independent. the statue is a unesco world heritage site just like the historic city hall across the street. that's why i'm going to take a glimpse inside this remarkable building. i don't. think we have a date. just in we're now in the upper hall one of the most beautiful ceremonial venues in germany and the town hall itself is the oldest in europe that still in its original state you know it's done by one why was this room built what is it used for just. as i thought it was the old town hall is actually a medieval trading center with a wine cellar below it and a covered marketplace and up here an

do you know the story of the freeman town musicians know how i've forgotten come to bremen with me and you can be a town musician. they were animals that were treated badly so they left home when doesn't the frontals armfuls they could. they settle down in a house where there were robbers and frighten the robbers away. as if. they stayed in this robbers day in the woods but that's because they found a life without hardship the war in liberty and plenty that. so the freeman town musicians never made it into braman at least not in the fairy tale but there statue has stood in front of the city hall since one thousand nine hundred fifty three. friedman is full of stories like that so today i'm going to discover them and here's what else we have on the show. local shows around crystal river in florida exploding with some manatee. chicken your anton suv boy takes us on a hike as big a star. and you will hop over to break mark how often on the north sea coast. the markets where lies in the very center of brakeman. this is where some on my next story this statue is called the rowland and legen

will now freeman he's been embarking on nationwide tour disposables alison sergeant now explains. is not exactly receiving a red carpet welcomes everywhere he goes. even outside every concert venues since is for began. protesters french musician. should be back on stage after serving time in prison for killing his girlfriend. former front man of rock group. easier was sentenced to eight years in prison in two thousand andhree. after he beat to death his girlfriend about three times in your own during a fight in a lithuanian hotel room. well contact admitted to hitting times in young he's always insisted her death was an accident. he was released on parole in two thousand and seven after seg four years of his sentence. although. the protesters say regardless of time served its wrongful plot amanda found guilty of a woman murder. we have a responsibility to society and we don't want. to. rations haven't been enough to dissuade loyal fans. contact has been playing to full houses with nearly every concert on his door already sold out. everyone says we come to support a murder. the wil

and the editorial board member alicia findlay and james freeman.nnsylvania race, paul ryan saying it is a wake-up call after virginia, they said it was a wake-up call after the special election in the state election in wisconsin. how many wake-up calls to the republicans need here? >> maybe just one more and that is a wake-up call in the oval office. donald from went down the saturday before the election, spent 75 minutes giving a campaign speech nominally on behalf of rick succone who lost. the lesson is the great man of politics only works for the great man which is to say there's a disconnect in these midterm elections between the presidency and the candidates running a. in 2010 the democrats lost 63 seats in the house, a complete wipeout and obama said later he admitted he had not done that much to help democrats running at that level. the same is true of donald trump. there were losses in the virginia gubernatorial, the senate election and now this. i think donald trump should let the republicans run these races on their own and stay home in w

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funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation, and kovler foundation, pursuing solutions for erica's neglected needs. >> planning a vacation escape that is relaxing, inviting, and exciting is a lot easier than you think. you can find it here in aruba. families, couples, and friends can all find their escape on the island with warm, sunny days,in cooltrade winds, and the crystal blue caribbean sea. nonstop flights are available from most major airports. more information for your vacation planning is available at aruba.com. >>"nd now, "bbc world news. jane: this is "bbc world news america." reporting from washington, i am jane'brien. president trump announces new tariffs on steel and aluminium imports. it sparks backlash at home and abroad. from a trade war to rhetoric remi scent of the cold war. vladimir putin touts russia's nuclear capabilities, callingem invincible. and maisie sly is ready to take the oscars by storm. this six-year-old leading lady talentsbut signing her to the world. jane: welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the g

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funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation, and kovler foundation, pursuing solutions for amera's neglected needs. >> planning a vacation escape that is relaxing, inviting, and exciting is a lot easier than you think. you can find it here in aruba. families, couples, and friends can all find their escape on the island with warm, sunny days, cooling trade winds, and the crystal blue caribbean sea. nonstop flights are available from most major airports. more information for your vacation planning is available at aruba.com. >> and now, "bbc world news." laura: this is "bbc world news america." reporting fromashington, i am laura trevelyan. northdent trump call korea's willingness to talk about giving up its nuclear weapons a positive step, remains cautious. president trump: i really --ieve they are in ey are sincere, i hope they are sincere. we will soon find out. laura: u.k. warns it will respond robustly if the kremlin is behind the poisoning oft russian agd his daughter. and she couldn't take her eyes haf michelle obama. now this lucky ts had a -- this lucky

and the editorial board member alicia findlay and james freeman.lvania race, paul ryan saying it is a wake-up call after virginia, they said it was a wake-up call after the special election in the state election in wisconsin. how many wake-up calls to the republicans need here? >> maybe just one more and that is a wake-up call in the oval office. donald from went down the saturday before the election, spent 75 minutes giving a campaign speech nominally on behalf of rick succone who lost. the lesson is the great man of politics only works for the great man which is to say there's a disconnect in these midterm elections between the presidency and the candidates running a. in 2010 the democrats lost 63 seats in the house, a complete wipeout and obama said later he admitted he had not done that much to help democrats running at that level. the same is true of donald trump. there were losses in the virginia gubernatorial, the senate election and now this. i think donald trump should let the republicans run these races on their own and stay home in washi

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." >> funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation, kovler foundation, pursuing solutions for america's neected needs, and purepoint financial. >> how do we shape our tomorrow? it starts with a vision. we see its ideal form in our mind, and then we begin to chisel. we strip away everything that stands in the way to reveal new possibilities. at purepoint financial, we have designed our modern approach to banking around you -- your plans, your goals, your dreams. your tomorrow is now. purepoint financial. >> and now, "bbc world news." jane: this is "bbc world news america." w reporting frhington, i'm jane o'brien. summoned to russia's foreign ministry, and another wave of expulsions -- more than 20 countries are told that some of their diplomatsust leave. at least 12 palestinians are killed and hundreds injured after mass protests breakout on -- break out on the border between gaza and israel. and could e quantum computer soon change our lives? company says it is on the verge one of a major breakthrough. welcome to viewers on public television in america and globe.

funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation, and kovler foundation, pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. >> planning a vacation escape that is relaxing, inviting, and exciting is a lot easier than you think. you can find it here in aruba. families, couples, and friends can all find their escape on thw ish warm, sunny days,ad cooling tre winds, and the crystal blue caribbean sea. nonstop flights are available from most major airports.ti more infor for your vacation planning is available at aruba.com. s. and now, "bbc world new" jane: thiis "bbc world news america." reporting from washington, i am jane o'brien. buey say there is no chaos the white house is facing another major departure, while a porn star sues the president. u.k. police say a nerve agent was the weapon used in an rmermpt to murder a russian spy and his daughter. day at work. i have had a bad and i try out the unsettling new sport of axe throwing.st the trented in canada. now the u.s. is taking aim. jane: welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the world. th

tion is of this presen made possible by the freeman foundation, and kovler foundation, pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. >> planning a vacation escapeat th is relaxing, inviting, and exciting is a lot easier than you think. ndu can find it here in aruba. families, couples,riends can all find their escape on the island with warm, sunny days, cooling trade winds, and the crystal blue caribbean sea. nonstop flights are available from most major airports. more information for your vacation planning is available at arubaom. >> and now, "bbc world news." laura: this is "bbc world news america." reporting from washington, i am laura trevelyan. a return to the cold war chill. britain's prime minister expels3 ussian diplomats in retaliation for the poisoning or a form russian spy in the u.k. prime minister may: they haveth treateuse of a military-grade nerve agent in europe with sarcasm, contempt, and a:fiance. caurcross this nation, u.s. students make the se for gun control, walking out of the classrooms one month after the parkland shooting. stephen hawking: sometime ago i discov

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funding of this prtion is made possible by the freeman foundation, and kovler foundation, pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. >> planning a vacation escape that is relaxi, inviting, and exciting is a lot easier than you think. you can find it here in aruba. families, couples, and friends can all find their escape on the , sunny days,a cooling trade winds, and the crystal blue caribbean sea. nonstop flights are available from most major airports.mo information for your vacation planning is available at aruba.com. >> and now, "bbc world news." jan this is "bbc world news america." reporting from washington, i am jane o'brien. three years after civil war started in yemen, the death toll continues to rise. both sides are fighting for the biggest prize, the capital, sanaa. the: to take the fight into heart of this historic,enly populated city would be a bloody urban battle. jane: president trump's communications director hope hicks resigning. the latest high-profile departure from the white housetu ing to class for the first time since the deadly shootingri in f, students come to a

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david: we're back with dan henninger, kim strassel and james freeman.whole can of worms that you open if you start with a new special counsel. we've seen special counsels go far beyond their purview in the past. on the other hand just an inspector general's report may not be enough to do what's necessary to get to the bottom of this. what do you do? >> consider the implications of what's being suggest gd here. we have a problem. the idea is that the justice department is inadequate to investigate it. that's the executive branch of government. and now you have trey gowdy and representative bob goodlatte saying congress is not able to do it, therefore the legislative branch isn't able to do it. this is a failure of american political institutions. what is in between that. the idea that we've had so much polarization and leaking that wu cannot get to the bottom of an issue like that speaks badly of our institutions. i think you should probably stick with the inspector general. david: kim, we've got all kinds of failures in our institution. you have the pro

david: we're back with dan henninger, kim strassel and james freeman., there's a whole can of worms that you open if you start with a new special counsel. we've seen special counsels go far beyond their purview in the past. on the other hand just an inspector general's report may not be enough to do what's necessary to get to the bottom of this. what do you do? >> consider the implications of what's being suggest gd here. we have a problem. the idea is that the justice department is inadequate to investigate it. that's the executive branch of government. and now you have trey gowdy and representative bob goodlatte saying congress is not able to do it, therefore the legislative branch isn't able to do it. this is a failure of american political institutions. what is in between that. the idea that we've had so much polarization and leaking that wu cannot get to the bottom of an issue like that speaks badly of our institutions. i think you should probably stick with the inspector general. david: kim, we've got all kinds of failures in our institution. you

let's talk to our correspondent alison freeman, who is at alnwick in northumberland.n see, that is ai, the main route to the north—east of england, up to scotland. we have seen a bit of traffic starting to use it since the news came out about an hour or so ago that it is finally reopened. but it is still nowhere near as busy as you might expect it to be. as i say, the main route from the north—east, up to the scottish borders. the problem that they were having here and the reason why it had to stay closed so long was, no matter how much snow they cleared, even when it had stopped snowing, the wind was blowing huge drifts back over the carriageway and it was down to one lane in places. the police were using convoys, escorting convoys of hundreds of vehicles up and down, just to try and keep things moving. but, as i say, it is now fully reopened, everyone is quite happy about that. but drivers are being warned to take care. it is still about freezing here, so the conditions are pretty icy. we have seen a few people looking a little unsteady on the roads. the other thing

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or to discuss this issue further i'm now joined by african affairs analyst lawrence freeman lawrence thank you very much indeed for joining us well let's have a look at some of the the issues then going to officials say the agreement is a continuation of the twenty a us going relationship with the protesters are saying that the country is giving up its sovereignty what do you think. i think the policy the. president trying to ministration is advocating for africa which used to rely on security and military build up is a fundamentally flawed policy and exactness out the problems of doing. terrorist and move around extremists who are involved in the say here or in west africa and i think this policy has not worked in athens not going to work now. but the united states has been rapidly expanding its military presence in africa for the last decade i mean what's washington trying to achieve here. well washington really is that shrunk from its responsibilities in the world instead of helping african countries develop their economic power. by in investing in infrastructure and rare developm